WorksheetsChapter 9 - The Roaring 20s Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Warren G. Harding’s campaign strategy was based on a
promise to
return to prewar isolationism.
restore normalcy, or stability and prosperity.
end political corruption.
increase government involvement in big
business.
Why were some American
writers of the 1920s called
the “Lost Generation”?
They returned to Paris
where most of them were
originally from.
They expressed feelings of
separation from American
society.
They appreciated the Jazz
Age and its rebellious
youth culture.
They expressed the pain
of racism experienced by
African Americans.
1927 was a fundamental year
in motion pictures, because it
brought the first
color film.
film with sound.
full-length feature.
still-frame animation.
What was the main reason
Herbert Hoover was elected
by a large majority of votes?
Hoover was a veteran of World War I.
Hoover promised to continue the economic boom.
Hoover would have been the first Catholic
president.
Hoover ran a campaign that focused on city
dwellers.
The Scopes Trial represented the conflict between
Anarchists and Communists about political reform.
scientists and environmentalists about the environment.
fundamentalist beliefs and scientific ideals about evolution.
the government and U.S. citizens about prohibition.
Ernest Hemingway was one of a group of writers in the
1920s whose writing
described the effects of
prohibition.
criticized American
society
focused on Communist
ideals.
described the lives of jazz
musicians in Paris.
The effects of Prohibition included
strained relations with
Canada, because so much
illegal alcohol was shipped
across the Canadian
border.
more expensive homemade alcohol, such as
moonshine, which was
sold in speakeasies.
the rise of organized
crime, as gangs became
more powerful with the
money they got from selling illegal weapons.
increased government corruption, as local police
and politicians took bribes
from gangsters to ignore
the movement and sale of
alcohol.
One of the main goals of Marcus Garvey’s black nationalism was for African Americans to
fight against the violence
of the Ku Klux Klan.
have their own businesses
and communities.
receive government funds
for their businesses.
avoid conflict with the Ku
Klux Klan by limiting the
spread of their culture.
Until 1924, Native Americans did not have access to adequate legal protection from the government because they
were not citizens of the
United States.
had refused to fight during
World War I.
were not allowed to leave
the reservations.
had become the smallest
and least powerful
minority.
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong invented the jazz solo, when one musician steps out from the band to play alone.
True
False
Immigration to the United States fell dramatically in the 1920s because of the millions of people killed in Europe during World War I.
True
False
The Teapot Dome scandal caused people to question the judgment and honesty of government officials.
True
False
In the 1920s, high school attendance fell as young people flocked to the cities to take advantage of high-paying jobs and the nightclubs of the new youth culture.
True
False
After World War I, the U.S. economy suffered a downturn that led to hard times as the 1920s began.
True
False
young women who challenged society’s ideas about womanhood
Georgia O'Keefe
Amelia Earhart
flappers
suffragists
people who leave their home countries to live
elsewhere
expatriates
The Lost Generation
flappers
Sacco and Vanzetti
1928 pact in which the United States and
other countries agreed not to engage in war
expatriates
Kellogg Briand
Red Scare
Calvin Coolidge
affordable automobile invented by Henry
Ford
Model T
Model A
Model Z
Model D
flourishing of African American literature
and art in the 1920s
Great Migration
Literature Circles
Marcus Garvey
Harlem Renaissance
system that uses conveyor belts to move parts
to different groups of workers
Jazz Age
moving assembly line
Harlem Renaissance
conveyor belt
fear of Communist infiltration after the
Russian Revolution
Red Scare
Sacco vs. Vanzetti
Palmer Era
Russian Revolt
ended Prohibition in 1933
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
Republican candidate for vice president in
1920
J. Edgar Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
William Jennings Bryan
painter famous for creating detailed paintings of flowers
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Georgia O'Keefe
Amelia Earhart
In 1914, Ford raised his factory workers' wages to ______ a day.
$2
$3
$4
$5
Promised a return to "Normalcy".
Hoover
Harding
Cleveland
Coolidge
President who was known as "honest and trustworthy".
Harding
Cleveland
Coolidge
Hoover
He was president during the stock market crash.
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Cleveland
Influenced American life more than any other product of the 20th century. It went from being too expensive for most Americans to affordable for the average American.
vacuum
airplane
radio
automobile
This industry went from being used as a mail carrying service to passenger transportation during the 1920s.
automobile
airplane
railroad
ship
Americans began to buy more goods because business began to offer "buy now pay later" options, such as installment plans. Americans did not have to have the money to buy a product because the could use credit. __________________ doubled during the 1920s.
Consumer debt
Advertisement
Government policies
New household goods
The standard of living grew, so people began to buy __________________ that made life easier such as the washing machine, electric refrigerator, and the vacuum cleaner.
advertisements
government policies
cars
new household goods
Businesses used _______________ to convince people to buy their products. This created demand for their products, and even Hollywood stars endorsed products.
government policies
scandals
advertisements
the airplane industry
President Coolidge believed that taxes should be low and businesses should be given credit so they can expand. ___________________ were passed that allowed the private industry to flourish and high tariffs were placed in imports so that American goods would be cheaper.
Government policies
Consumer debt laws
Isolationism laws
Jazz Age tariffs
